Combined ash and garbage receptacle.



PATBNTED JUNE 11, 1907.

J. KOLDUGH. con/113mm) ASH AND GARBAGE REOEPTAGLE.

IN VENTOR A TTORNE Y8 APPLIOATION FILED NOV.1, 1906.

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UNTTE STATES PATENT FFIQE.

COMBINED ASH AND GARBAGE FiECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed November 1, 1906. Serial No. 341,526.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH KoLoUoH, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State ofWisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Ashand Garbage Receptacle, of which the following is a specification.-

My invention relates to improvements in a combination receptacle forashes, garbage and refuse paper including a mechanism for screening theashes.

The construction of my invention is further explained by reference tothe accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a front view. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is afront view of the screen basket removed from the ash receptacle. Fig. 4is a rear view of the screen basket removed from the. ash receptacle.

. Like parts are identified by the same reference figures throughout theseveral views.

1 is an ash receptacle, 2 a garbage receptacle, 3 a paper receptacle and4 a screen basket which is used for sifting the ashes and separating thesame from the coal. The paper and ash receptacle are separated by avertical partition indicated by dotted lines as shown in Fig. 1. Thescreen basket is sus pended at its respective sides from the parallelrods 5, 5, on which rods the screen is adapted to be supported whengiven a reciprocating movement for the purpose of shaking its contentsand separating the ashes from the coal therein. Motion is communicatedto the basket 4 from the exterior by the shaking rod 6 which is providedwith an operating handle 7.

8 is a hopper through which ashes are discharged into the screen basket4 preparatory to shaking the same.

9 is an aperture through which the basket is inserted and withdrawn fromthe ash receptacle. The rear ends of the screen supporting rods extendthrough the rear wall 10 of the ash receptacle and are retained in placeby a nut or head 11 while the front ends extend forwardly through thefront aperture 9 of the receptacle and are respectively turned towardthe right and left and secured to the front wall of the receptacle uponthe respective sides of said aperture by rivets 12, 12, as shown inFig. 1. The rear end of the screen basket is provided on its respectivesides with eye bolts 13, 13, which respectively engage the supportingrods 5 while the front end of said screen basket is provided at itsrespective sides with notched brackets 14, 14, which also respectivelyengage the supporting rods 5, whereby the screen basket is uniformlysupported at its respective ends. 15, 15, are notches or recesses forthe reception of said supporting rods 5, whereby when desirous to removethe screen basket from the ash receptacle said supporting brackets 14will be free to be drawn forwardly past the front ends of saidsupporting rods and the front end of the screen basket disengagetherefrom, whereby it will be obvious that when the ashes have beensifted from the screen basket, such coal as remains in the basket may bedrawn forwardly with the basket when the front end of the basket may beinclined downwardly as shown in Fig. 2 and discharge in a coal scuttle.It will be tmderstood that the eyebolts 13 connected with the rear endof the basket surround their supporting rods and cannot be withdrawntherefrom, while said eyebolts are free to turn in their bearings insaid screen basket and permit the basket to be inclined from thehorizontal position shown, to that indicated in dotted lines, in Fig. 2,while the screen supporting brackets 14 are so constructed as to befreely disengaged from the supporting rods as the basket is drawnforwardly.

16 is a door for closing the aperture 9 of the ash receptacle and thesame is preferably hinged at its lower side to said ash receptacle atthe upper side of said aperture, whereby it is obvious that whenscreening the ashes the door may be closed to prevent the dust fromescaping through the aperture. The front end 17 of the screen basket ispreferably inclined outwardly and upwardly, whereby when the basket issuspended in the vertical position from its rear end, its contents willfreely flow therefrom.

18 represents a coal scuttle in position t receive the contents of thescreen basket.

19 is a shelf for supporting the coal scuttle from the side of thereceptacle.

20 is a platform which extends beneath the ash receptacle 1, garbagereceptacle 2 and paper receptacle 3 and serves as a sup port and bottomfor all of said receptacles. The front wall of the paper receptacleserves as a wall for the garbage receptacle, while the same platformserves as a bottom for both of said receptacles. The garbage receptacleis provided with a door 21 which is secured at as a stop to limit therearward movement of the covers 24 as they are raised. The ashreceptacle is provided with an end door 28 which is secured at one sideto the wall of the receptacle by hinges 29 and the same is pro videdwith a latch or lock 30 by which it is locked in its closed position inthe ordinary manner. The paper receptacle 3 is also provided with asimilar door 29 of ordinary construction which is supported from thevertical walls of the receptacle by hinges 31, 31 and is locked in itsclosed position by the latch 32 which engages in the catch 33 whereby itis held in its closed position.

34 is a faucet through which the liquid contents of the garbage may bedrawn from the garbage receptacle.

35 is a removable wooden bottom which is supported from the metallicbottom and serves as a shield to prevent the metallic bot tom from beingcut or broken when removing the garbage.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is,

1. In a device of the described class the combination with an ashreceptacle of a screen basket, a pair of horizontal basket supportingrods, said rods being connected at one end to the rear walls of said ashreceptacle and extending forwardly therefrom through an aperture formedin the wall of said receptacle for the passage of said screen basket,said front ends being respectively curved toward the right and left andsecured to the vertical front walls of said ash receptacle upontherespective sides of said aperture, said screen basket being providedat its rear end witha pair of eyebolts engaging said. horizontalsupporting rods and at its front end with a pair of brackets providedwith open recesses for engagement with said supporting rods, whereby thefront end of said basket may be drawn forward past the front end of saidrods and inclined downward for the purpose of discharging its contents.

2. The combination of an ash receptacle, a garbage receptacle and areceptacle for dry refuse material, a platform common to all of saidreceptacles a faucet connected with said garbage receptacle, areciprocating screen basket located in said ash receptacle, means foroperating said screen basket from the exterior, means for drawingforward and disengaging the front end of said screen basket from itssupporting rods, inlet hoppers con nected with the covers of said ashreceptacle and dry refuse receptacle, doors for closing the end of saidash receptacle and a receptacle for dry refuse material and covers. forclosing the mouths of said hoppers and said arbage receptacle, allsubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH KOLOUCH.

WVitnesses:

JAs. B. ERWIN, M. M. SoI-IULz.

